The main aim with design cyclability is trying not to let the product reach the end of its life- tackling the design at the stages before, ensuring each stage has been considered.
Keiran Jones and Studio Swine through research realised the amount of waste floating in the 'pacific garbage patch' just waiting to decompose. Of course as the waste is mostly made of plastics this decomposition will not happen for thousands of years. Their aim is to collect this waste and recycle it into their current 'sea chair', which in my opinion is rather poetic in aesthetic and ethos.
The rough texture of the seat alludes to the imperfection of the sea and waves that encircle it. The black colouring with splashes of white remind me of oil, oil that creates the plastics, oil that swamps the ocean, polluting and spreading. The chair may be beautiful, but its message is a warning.
In my own work, when making models I always ensure that offcuts are used and that I don't buy new materials, for example when making my site plan, all wood was sourced from the workshop and they only have offcuts.References
Jones, K and Studio Swine. (Unknown). About The Sea Chair Project .Available: http://seachair.com/about-3/. Last accessed 9th Jan 2014.
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